The Chelsea Daily Drivel (Catch up) Friday 13th August.

""The clause is there, If they pay it, they can take him.""

""I am absolutely delighted to get him back into the football club, There's been a number of clubs courting him this summer but we've got a great player on our hands. We know he's a good quality player, He's hungry and had a great experience with us last year.

It's been the main objective for us to try and get him in as soon as we possibly can, although it's been a very long process. We've had to be very patient because Jack's tasted the Premier League and we knew that if any club came in for him we'd have no chance.

Jack's one of those players that he's such a young age that there's plenty more to come and we'd like to have a piece of that. We decided to just step back and speak to Jack on a regular basis and keep us informed. But now we've got a decision where we could no longer hold out on Chris [McCann] because of the surgery required the timing is right to bring him back." "

""It feels so good to be back, it has been a long way back but everything is behind me now and I'm enjoying playing football again, I never feared for my career, it never crossed my mind. These injuries are part of football, so you have to take them when they come and not get too down about it.

I knew if I worked hard I would be back again so that's what I did and I am back on my feet. I know a few years ago it could have been the end of my career but with new technologies, surgery and techniques things are good, so yeah, let's go again this season.

We've had a bit of a bad pre-season with losing games but more importantly it has been good for me to be gaining fitness again and making sure I am sharp and ready for the season.

It is good to have a pre-season under my belt, personally I think I have done well and I keep getting fitter the more games I play. I feel like I am ready for the season and I am looking forward to it so much.

I think this season could be a big one, the last two seasons I didn't take too big a part in, I didn't start in one but finished it, then I started okay last season but didn't finish it, so this year has to be a good one and hopefully I will stay injury-free and help Chelsea win some trophies.

My main aim has to be to stay fit, to keep working hard and helping the team to get as many points as we can.""

""Chelsea have not contacted me for Nicolas, Just yesterday I spoke with the Blues about another situation and Burdisso's name never came up. I don't know anything about this interest. (Is it an) Inter market strategy? I don't know. I don't know if Nico would refuse Chelsea because we cannot talk about assumptions that have no real feedback." "